Re: [APML] M51 Makeover

["Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>]

Hi Jeff,
Thanks. Thats a good point about the background galaxies.
Actually I initially had them displayed much brighter but felt
as you did that it would distract from the main subject.
Rob Gendler
Email: robgendler@att.net
Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@zoominternet.net>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] M51 Makeover


> Hello Rob,
> Seems like a much "richer" color.  Very nice.  I really like the
greyscale.
> Very pleasing to the eye.  From an aesthetic viewpoint, I wouldn't push
the
> background galaxies too much since the focus, for me at least, is really
on
> the detail in M51 and the brighter galaxies adjacent.  Mottling the
> background may take away from the star of the show.
>
> Jeff Ball
> www.astro-photography.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Gendler
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: [APML] M51 Makeover
>
>
> Hi all,
> Never being completely happy with the color from my
> old M51 I added a new set of long exposure color data to
> my old luminance. I also tweaked the luminance to display
> the background galaxies better. I hope you like it.
> http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M51GreyLRGB.html
> Rob Gendler
> Email: robgendler@att.net
> Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
>
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